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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1934

THE UNKNOWN BLONDE BY LAURA LOU

CHAPTER XXXIX Bannister paused to buy a paper from a newsboy, glanced at the the newspaper tucked under his arm. Buying the newspaper had been a matter of habit. Already ho know the facts those columns contained all that the polico had learned, or been willing to disclose of Melvina Hollister.

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BROOKMAN

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how never quarrelled with her, She was the one who always told him what to do and I guess he did It,"

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Dunnlater remembered the after- noon he had encountered. Hollister

(All Rights Reserved). graph of the scarf on the front; They stood for a few minutes death. She was just a girl then, down town. He remembered how page of the newspaper. It was a talking casually. Then Mrs. Har- And, when Ezra died, he left his the bent shouldered little man had black scarf with nurrow white borough brought up the subject money to Melving and Matthew, looked at the amber boverage in stripes, grouped together at Inter about which the whole town was but it was in some way so that it his glass and said, "I don't drink appeared to be an old one. Thero headlines, and then went on with vals of an inch or more. The scurf buhat was such a terrible thing I was to have the managing of it..

Melvina doesn't like couldn't be divided and Melvina beer often:

it." The 10-cent glass of beer had was no mark of any sort on it that happened last night!" the You ace she was older than Matt.seemed a rare treat. Bannister The time of Miss Hollister's said. "Simply torrible! You see how and her father always said she remembered that Hollister had death had been set indefinitely as I've known Melvina Hollister sincs had twice the head for business said, "I had the radio turned on and "between three and five o'clock." she was a girl. I just couldn't be her brother had.

the Saxophono Sizzlers were play- Matthew Hollister's story that he love it when I read about it" had been out of the building at

"For some reason Matthew nevering. I only listen to the Bizzlers Those facts were meagre enough. that time had been partially cor-nister agreed, "and apparently the Old Ezra Hollister was more like

"It was a horrible crime," Ban-got on very well with his father, when Melvina isn't there"

And then his mind flashed back The finger print experts had been roborated. The clerk at the Shelby whole thing's a complete mystery, Molving quick to say what was on to the Matthew Hollister ho had unable to add anything at all to Arms remembered seeing, Hollister The police don't seem to have been his mind, sort the solution of the mystery. The leave the hotel early in the after- able to find out much."

of hot-handed, scon last night-a Matthew fright- only prints in the apartment clear noon and saw him return a few

Matthew was more easy going and oned and shaker, looking years enough to be read were those of minutes before he ran downstairs do such a thing!" the woman went invested.

"I just can't imagine who could good natured. The money was all folder, who had exclaimed, "I'm all Miss Hollister herself and her for help,

I guess Matthow never alone now, I'm the only one laft!" .on. "Poor Melvina! I don't be did like business much: Anyhow, They had been walking as they brother.

Nothing had been taken from the love I've seen her a dozen times in for the past ten years or 80 he talked and had reached the street Servants and tenants of the hotel apartment, eliminating the poss!-the past two years, even though we don't worked at anything. had been questioned about events Jility that robbery could have been used to be friends. Now and then and Melvina lived in the big old There's my car coming! Good- corner. Mrs. Harborough said, the afternoon before.. No one the motive for the crime.

I'd meet her shopping and she gon-house out on Franklin street until bye, David, Bo sure to tell your could recall seeing anyone suspic-

orally wont to church on Sundays. they sold it a couple of years ago aunt I'm coming to see her fous there. Mrs. Russell Kennebec, Those were the facts. Bannis-She and her brother. My, it must and moved to the Shelby Arms. I who lived across the hall from the bor was puzzling over them, as have been a terrible shock for didn't think they'd like a hotel of her hand and a smile over her Sho was gone than with a wave Hollisters, had reported hearing he hall been for several hours, him!" volocs, one of which she thought when he heard his name spoken.

apartment but Melvina told me it shoulder. "Do you know him?" Banister was lots less work and cheaper too. was Miss Hollister's, some time Ho locked up and saw a woman asked. during the afternoon. Investiga- coming toward him.

Melvina was always sort of close Mrs. Harborough nodded. "Wo "I've heard that." Bannister said: tion had disclosed that between 3 "David David Bannister!" she wore in the samo class in grade "Not

said, "You haven't forgotten mo, school," she said. Melvina was in against the dead!"

that I'd say anything have you?"

Mrs. Harbor- the class above. I don't see how ongh added quickly. "It was her "Why, of course not, Mrs. Har-Matthew'll be able to get along now money and she had a right to do borough. How do you do." that he's left alone. I'm so sorry what she wanted to with it. That

for him!”

is, it was her's and Matthow's,

Imagine. My husband and I were talking about it this morning. Robert said it would probably be around $150,000. Matthew will do with all that I wonder what money. There's no one for him to leave it to."

The woman was short and rather stout. She wore a long coat of brown fur and a brown hat. The hat was tilted slightly, showing the hair beneath to be quite gray.

Bannister walked on, head down. Half an hour later, at central headquarters, he followed Captain McNeal into his private office.

McNeal said, "If these news- papers would only lay off for a while it would help. What's Pax- ton want to jump on us now for? We're doing all we can, aren't we?

"I saw him yesterday. He seem-He'll have quite a fortune now, IA man can't do more than that!"

ed pretty badly broken up."

"I should. think he would be. All these years since their father "Oh, I'm as well as usual," she and mother died he and Melvina sald. "This time of the year I al- have lived alone. Of course he'll ways have trouble with my have the money now—” rheumatism. How's your

nunt

out who killed Tracy King. He "Paxton thinks you ought to find wants to know if Drugan's death last night-the second murder at was an accident or not. This thing the Shelby Arms in two weeks makes it a lot worse."

and 3:30 a boy had delivered laundry at the apartment. The boy, whose name was John Gregory, told pollco he had brought the laundry, as he always did each week. He said Miss Hollister had checked over the list to be euro everything had been returned, paid him and added (as she often had) that the price of laundry was "highway robbery. So far as could be learned, this boy was the last porson to sco Melvina Hollister alive. He reported that she had "Never better," he assured her.: Something in the woman's tone not seemed disturbed and there "That's fine. Tell her I'm com-roused Bannister's interest. "The Hollister and ber brother get along Banalster asked, "How did Miss

"You don't need to tell me that!" was nothing unusual in her man- ing over to see her some after-money?" he repeated,

Bannister sented himself on the ner. Apparently the police ques noon." Mrs. Harborough was an

together? Did you know them well tioning was the first the boy had old friend of Mrs. Hewlett's. For wealthy, you know. Ezra Hollis- they ever had any quarrels ?" thing, you can tell me," he said. "Oh, yes. The Hollisters were enough to know whether or not edge of the desk. "There's some learned of the murder,

years they had lived side by side ter made a fortune in real estate Efforts were being made to trace and then the Harboroughs had years ago. But he did a queer many people quarrelled with Mel- are back of all this?",

Mrs. Harborough smiled. "Net "Are you still convinced gangsters the ownership of the milk scarf moved to another part of town. thing before he died. Molvina had vinn Hollister," with which Miss Hollister had been Robert Harborough was one of the stayed home and kept house for vinn was good hearted but she did know. Finding that woman last

she said. "Mel-

McNeal said slowly, "I don't strangled. There was A photo-town's most successful lawyers. Ther father ever since her mother's have a temper. No, I'm sure Matt-night shoots all my theories to hell If it was a gang mix-up how could ahe possibly be in on it? How could-?"!

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The telephone rang sharply then. and McNeal answered. A moment later he announced, "That was the Chief. I've got to go soo what he wants."

Bannister arose and followed him out into the hall. He slipped his hand into his coat pocket, felt something there and draw it out. It was the lotter he had forgotten to open the night before.

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